Cold Spring Girl Scout Troop #1406, under the leadership of Diane Durr, designed the winning badge for the Hershey Park competition earning a complimentary weekend for 20 people at Hershey Park in Pennsylvania. More...

Putnam Community Action Program (CAP) urgently requests individuals and organizations to donate school supplies to meet a local need. These materials will be provided to needy Putnam families for their school-age children. More...

The Third Annual Hudson River Valley Ramble will feature 122 guided walking, hiking, kayaking, canoeing, biking and equestrian events, and explorations of the Hudson River estuary by boat on the weekend of September 21-22. More...

Putnam District Attorney, Kevin L. Wright, announced on July 30 that convicted drunk driver Jeronimo Rodriguez, age 69 of Putnam Valley, was sentenced July 30, 2002, to serve a State Prison term of one to three years on his felony conviction. More...

Putnam County Sheriff Smith reports the seizure of thousands of dollars worth of marihuana plants found growing in a field in the Town of Southeast. The seizure resulted from a joint investigation by the Sheriff More...

National expert James Lee Witt to conduct review, starting at Indian Point

Governor Pataki announced on August 1st that former Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Director James Lee Witt will immediately begin a public, independent review of all emergency plans for the communities surrounding nuclear power plants ser More...

Would you like to be a CASA volunteer? The CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocate) Program provides volunteers who are assigned by the Family Court judge to advocate for children who find themselves in Family Court due to abuse or neglect petitions. More...

Commissioner Christopher O. Ward of the NYC Department of Environmental Protection issued a reminder August 2nd that people who want to use City-owned lands in the watersheds of its upstate reservoirs must have Public Access Permits. More...

Putnam County District Attorney, Kevin Wright, has announced that convicted narcotics seller, Samuel A. Muir, age twenty-one of Carmel, was sentenced on July 30, 2002 to State Prison, concluding an investigation and prosecution of Muir More...

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